Tire-removing device.



'W. L. TOBEY. v TIRE REMOVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 001216, 1911.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM' TOBEY, or wmrnnor, massacnusn'rrs.

PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed October 16, 1911. Serial No. 654,971.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM. L. TOBEY, a citizen of the United- States, and a resident 0f Winthrop, in the county of Sufiolk and .Gommonwealth of Massachusetts, have in-- vented an Improvement in Tire-Removing Devices, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specificatiomli'ke characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention aims to provide a novel def vice to facilitate the removal from wheel rims of automobiles and the like of tires of the chamber or like types,

The nature of the invention will be best understood from a description of an illustrative embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawing, wiherein:

Flgure 1, in cross section, shows a conventional wheel rim with a clencher tire and its holding and locking means in position thereof, this figure showing a device embodying my invention-applied in position for use; and, Fig. 2, a detail showing some of the parts in plan view.

Referring to the drawing, the wheel rim 1, the tire 2 of clencher type positioned thereon, the clencher rings 3-3 seated upon said rim and engagin the lips of sald tire, and the split locking ring 4 seated in a channel 5 of the wheel rim are and may be of any desired shape, construction and materials, or

as commonly used at'the present time,

To release the tire it is necessary to force inward one of the detachable flanges 3, to free the split locking ring 4 at least for a considerable distance in the vicinity of the point at which said locking ring is split, in

' order thatthe latter may be released and withdrawn from its seat in the channel of the wheel rim, thereby to release the ad acent detachable flange and perm-1t the latter !to bewithdrawn laterally to free the tire.

Much difiiculty is ordinarily experienced in pressing this detachable flange inwardly 1n the first instance, to free the split locking ring, this difficulty arising from the stilfness and immobility of the parts and also because of the inability of the chauffeur or operator conveniently to engage the parts tor moving them. My present invention aims to provide a convenient and preferably portable device which may be applied readily for assisting in or actually moving the parts to facilitate the removal of the tire. To this end the device, in the embodiment of my invention herein'shown, comprises a holder or back plate 6 which may be struck u from sheet metal or otherwlse suitably ormed, which holder is provided at its inner end wlth a hook 7 adapted to overlie and engage the lip on the wheel rim which constitutes one side of the channel in which the locking ring 4 is seated. Below this hook 7 said holder is formed to provide a downwardly and forwardly projecting holder anchoring seat or toe 8 having a supporting surfaceS, adapted to seat against and to reach under the adjacent "edge of the wheel rim at the same "side "of the median or spoke lane of the wheel as the lip which is engage by said hook". This anchoring seat prevents the inner end of the holder from riding up over the wheel rim edge when the displacing member engages the rim or other wheel member and renders the device self-sustaining in position on the wheel rim as shown in "Fig. 1, enabling the operator to use both hands for removing the tire, or other wheel member. At its upper edge said holder is provided with two lugs 9' and 10, in the former of which is threaded an adjusting screw or device. 11 provided at its outer end with a hexagonal or other head 12 or means by which it may be readilyrotated, said screw at its inner end being provided with a relatively long, smooth shank 13 which passes loosely throughthe lug 10 and is adapted at its inner end to act upon the outer face of the adjacent detachable flange 3.

This device, as shown, is so small and portable that it may be conveniently carried in any automobile kit, or even in the pocket of the user.

Should occasion arise for removing the. tire the device is applied to the wheel rim as indicated in dotted lines (Fig. 1) by ho0k ing the hooked portion 7 over the lip. of the wheel rim in the space usually presented be tween the adjoining ends of the split locking ring 4:. Thedevice is then rocked down until a portion of the'throat formed between the hook 7 and anchoring seat comes into engagement with the outside of the channel 5 (see full line position, Fig. 1). This will arrest further downward rocking movement of either side the split the holder and the latter will hang, unassisted by the hand, on the lip of the channel like a bracket. scribed also acts to bring the inner end. of the adjusting screw 11 opposite the detachable flange 3. By now turning the adjusting screw in the proper direction the inner end of the screw is advanced against the detachwhereupon said locking ring may be readily .withdrawn', the detachable flange freed, and

the tire rendered removable. After the locking ring has been removed, which may be done without disturbing the position of the holder 6, the latter is removed in order to effective engagement or support:

permit or facilitate the removal of the detachable flange.

It will be observed that an operation of the device disclosed ofiers three points of (1) the adjusting screw at its point of contact with .the detachable flange; (2) point of engagement of the hook 7 with thelip 5; and (3) point of engagement of the supporting surface at 8 with the lip 5. These points of engagement, however, would of course vary in relative position and action according to the particular embodiment of the device employed and manner in which it is to be applied to the wheel, tire, or other parts to be engaged thereby. It will be observed also that the adjusting device and at least one of the engaging portions of the holder are oppositely active; that is to say, in the embodiment shown they act in opposite direct-ions, the holder point acting against an inner surface of the wheel part engaged by it; said points of engagement being nevertheless at one side of the wheel. I

It will be apparent that the screw 11, when urged against the detachable flange 3, tends to rock the holder in a contra-clockwise direction about the fulcrum point of engagement of the hook 7 with the inside of the channel 5, but this rocking is prevented by the stop engagement of the anchoring seat 8 with the channel. The reaction thrust of the screw is resisted by the outward pres sure of the hook 7 which nips or catches against the lip of the channel 5. The hook in resisting the screw will not ride up over the edge of the channel 5, but on the contrary will be drawn into more secure engagement therewith. This is due to the curve or shape of the seat 8 which contacts with the under surface of the channel 5 and tends to crown the channel rim into the throat of. 1

The rocking movement just d e combination,

the holder and thereby cam or draw the hook 7 down into more intimate engagements'with the lip of the channel with a force proper channel such as would have a tendency to occur when the screw 11 is rotated. This lateral resisting action oi": the toe, therefore, contributes to the rendering of the device self-sustaining on the channel.

The device, in the storm shown, is compact;-furnishes any required power necessaryxfor the purpose; is readily engaged with and disengaged from that part of the wheel with which it is intended to cotiperate; and is conveniently operated when in position.

My invention obviously is not restricted to the particular embodiment shown.

Having described one embodiment of my invention, and without limiting myself to details, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tire removing device comprising, in combination, a holder having a hook suiticiently thin for presentation between the ends of a split locking ring into engagement with the inner face of a wheel channel and means adjustable in one plane relatively to said holder fordislocating a tire holding member, said holder having a toe formed for engagement with the outer under face of said channel for preventing displacement of said holder. i

2. A tire removing device comprising, in a holder for engagement with the inner face of the lip of a wheel channel, and a screw adjustable relatively to said holder for displacing a tire holding member, said holder comprising a strip of sheet metal having a tongue projecting from one edge and looped to -form an eye and having a portion oil'set and an end bent to come opposite said eye and threaded to re ceive the screw which is guided by said eye and the forward end of the strip having opposed curved or hook surfaces to engageover and under the rim.

3. A tire removing device comprising, in combination, a holder for engagement with the inner face of the lip of a wheel channel,

and a screw adjustable relatively to said holder for displacing a tire holdingmemher, said holder comprising a thin plate having-an eye portion projecting from one edge name to this specification, in the presence of and having a ortion brought opposite said two suhscrbing witnesses.

eye and threa ed to receive the screw which is guided by said eye and the forward end TILLIAM T of the plate having opposed curved or hook Witnesses: surfaces to engage over and'under the rim. FREDERICK L. Emmy, In testimony whereof, I have signed my ROBERT H. KAMMLER.

It'is herebycertified that in Letters Patent No. 1,036,748, granted Augiist 2 7, 1912, upon the application of Wiliiam L. Tobey, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Tire-Removing Devices, an error appearsin the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 63, for the word f crown read crowd; and that the said Letters Patent should read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

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- ing-an eye portion projecting from one edge name to this specification, in the presence of and having a ortion brought opposite said two suhscrbing witnesses.

eye and threa ed to receive the screw which is guided by said eye and the forward end TILLIAM T of the plate having opposed curved or hook Witnesses: surfaces to engage over and'under the rim. FREDERICK L. Emmy, In testimony whereof, I have signed my ROBERT H. KAMMLER.

It'is herebycertified that in Letters Patent No. 1,036,748, granted Augiist 2 7, 1912, upon the application of Wiliiam L. Tobey, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Tire-Removing Devices, an error appearsin the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 63, for the word f crown read crowd; and that the said Letters Patent should read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 17th day of September, A. D., 1912. v

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